Robert Parker has said of Clos Mogador that the wines are "stunning examples of what Spain can produce but so rarely does". Made from Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Carignan, this is truly an outstanding wine. The vineyards are are planted on steep schist hillsides, where very old vine Garnacha has learnt to struggle against the aridity by sending roots 25 metres down in search of water and nutrients. The average yield works out at less than10 hectolitres per hectare.
The bouquet is very complex showing powerful fruit, wild herbs, vanilla from the new oak and spices. On the palate the wine is immensely powerful with layers of fruit and a unique mineral spiciness that makes the best Priorat wines so distinctive. Clos Mogador is now firmly established as one of the world's most sought-after "cult" wines.
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93 ! "A stunning effort made by Rene Barbier, this 2001 exhibits tremendous flavor intensity along with complex notes of black fruits, spice, earth, and cedar in a vivid display of fruit and terroir"The Wine Advocate (Parker), #152 .jpg) |
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98 ! "... Average yields are under 10 hectoliters per hectare and only 2000 cases are produced. The winery has never purchased outside fruit. The wine is deep purple-colored with a superb bouquet of toasty oak, pencil lead, mineral, blackberry and black cherry. This leads to an opulent, dense, packed, structured wine..."The Wine Advocate (Parker), #175  |
